Rossifari Zoo News 9.19.25 - The Red Panda Kindergarten Rides Again Edition

Dateline: September 19, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!

We start off with a couple interesting emails I've received recently. If you can help with Shots for Spots, please do so here: https://kindest.com/831498-shots-for-spots

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Then it's time for Zoo News stories from Dickerson Park Zoo, St. Louis Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Disney's Animal Kingdom, Henry Vilas Zoo, Altina Wildlife Park, Elmwood Park Zoo, Longleat, the Cincinnati Zoo, North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, the Smithsonian's National Zoo, New England Aquarium, the Buffalo Zoo, and more!

Conservation News stories include a surprising bit of good news from the US House of Representatives, Scottish wildcat kitten births, a new form of bird-friendly glass, and a look at huge news for koalas.

And in Other News, we have three crazy stories.

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